Lancashire

West Lancashire planning data

4,421 planning applications from West Lancashire, available as JSON over REST or through the MCP server. 15 fields are populated on at least 90% of records.

4,421

Applications

Enforcement notices

609

Appeals

1988–2026

Date range

Field coverage

Measured across all 4,421 records. This is what is actually filled in, not what the council's portal offers — ask get_council_fields for the same numbers from an MCP client.

Reliable — 90% or more of records

Field	Populated	Coverage
`address`	4,421	100.0%
`description`	4,421	100.0%
`received_date`	4,421	100.0%
`reference`	4,421	100.0%
`ward`	4,421	100.0%
`application_type`	4,415	99.9%
`status`	4,410	99.8%
`status_normalized`	4,410	99.8%
`applicant_name`	4,341	98.2%
`agent_email`	4,304	97.4%
`decision`	4,083	92.4%
`decision_date`	4,074	92.2%
`agent_phone`	4,047	91.5%
`decision_normalized`	3,990	90.3%
`postcode`	3,991	90.3%

Partial — use with care

Field	Populated	Coverage
`case_officer`	3,966	89.7%
`officer_id`	3,966	89.7%
`alternative_reference`	3,676	83.1%
`decision_level`	3,656	82.7%
`agent_id`	3,642	82.4%
`agent_name`	3,642	82.4%
`agent_company`	2,899	65.6%
`standard_type`	550	12.4%

Rarely or never published

Field	Populated	Coverage
`appeal_decision`	100	2.3%
`appeal_decision_normalized`	100	2.3%
`property_id`	35	0.8%
`development_type`	0	0.0%
`easting`	0	0.0%
`northing`	0	0.0%
`officer_recommendation`	0	0.0%

Query it

curl -H "X-Api-Key: $KEY" \
  "https://ukplanningapi.co.uk/v1/applications?council_id=28&limit=5"

Council id for West Lancashire is 28. Full endpoint reference →

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